http://effluency.net thought streams Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am no stranger to hiking in October. In 2003, three of us climbed Mounts Jackson and Webster. The weather that day was a brisk 25 degrees and though we got hit with snow flurries on both summits and during the descent, the impact had been minimal. In 2006, I ... http://effluency.net/archives/281 Those of you who have been paying attention will notice that almost four months have passed since my last post. I was going to write a lengthy essay regarding the maelstrom of change that has occurred over that time, but I simply don't have it in me to do ... http://effluency.net/archives/279 The past couple of months have been busy ones. But, the work I put in has borne much fruit. Two weeks ago, I was promoted and became a software engineering manager. I still report to the same person, but I am now responsible for overseeing three parallel ... http://effluency.net/archives/278 Monadnock is my MacBook Pro. If you look in the archives, you will find a post where I had tried to turn my laptop computer into a triple-booting workstation: OS X, Linux and Windows XP. The Windows XP installation failed, not surprisingly, but I really didn't care much ... http://effluency.net/archives/277 The effort to redo Compass Game's website is bearing much fruit. It's still not ready to go live just yet, but the basic look & feel and the core databases which drive the site are in place. I'm currently waiting for more site-related content. Meanwhile, I've gone back to ... http://effluency.net/archives/276 The past month and a half have been a whirlwind of activity, punctuated with family illnesses. I'll start with the illness, a stomach flu that caught us by surprise while we were vacationing up north in Gilford, NH, on the shores of Lake Winnepesaukee. Our plan was to spend a ... http://effluency.net/archives/275 A financial roadblock to one of the many projects that I've been working on has been removed allowing work to progress.  On the flip side, I have so many projects going on simultaneously that it's getting more and more difficult to keep things going.  I may need to get my ... http://effluency.net/archives/274 It's been a while since my last post.  Since then, several things have improved, though life continues to be extremely busy. My wife's health issues have subsided.  The culprit was a combination of a hiatal hernia and a narrow part of her esophagus.  The hernia was causing acid reflux which would ... http://effluency.net/archives/273 As if life wasn't keeping me busy enough, one or more squirrels have invaded my mother-in-law's attic. As my mother-in-law lives in an in-law apartment attached to my house, this is a concern. A baby squirrel running amok in my mother-in-law's kitchen clued us into the problem. Earlier today, ... http://effluency.net/archives/272 This has been a tough couple of weeks. I thought last week was bad, but this week was rough enough to make me forget last week. Thank God it's Friday. No shit. I really can't relate the scope of all that has happened in the past couple of ... http://effluency.net/archives/271